Over the weekend my undergrad uni friends and I went and played a game of lawn balls in Petersham to celebrate our friend's birthday. Normally I'm terrible at lawn balls and kind of just roll the ball and hope for the best but on Sunday our lawn ball game was pretty strong and we played quite a close (and competitive!) game.And since we were playing lawn balls for a birthday celebration it was only natural that I would make a lawn ball themed birthday cake. I was a little hesitant to make a green cake but the birthday girl's (btw you can check out here blog here) favourite colour is green too so went with it. To make the frosting a bit more appealing in case people were thrown off by the green I decided to make a peanut butter frosting (and also because peanut butter is delicious). I must admit I fell in love with the frosting and purposely left heaps on the beater and the bowl so I could lick it up. Next time I'm doubling the frosting quantity to create an extra thick layer (and so I have more to lick up!).

IngredientsCake250 grams butter, softened200 grams chocolate, roughly chopped2 cups caster sugar2 eggs1 cup water1 cup self-rising flour1.5 cups flour1/4 cup cocoa powderPeanut Butter Frosting1 cup peanut butter (add more if you want a stronger peanut flavour)1 cup butter1 cup icing sugar3 drops green food colouring (optional)DirectionsCake1. Place the butter in a large pot over low heat. Once melted, mix in the chocolate, sugar and water.2. Once well combined remove from heat and transfer to a large mixing bowl, allow to cool3. Lightly beat the eggs and then mix into the chocolate mix. 4. Sift in the flours and cocoa and fold to combine5. Pour mixture into a greased pan and bake for 50 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius6. Once cooked, allow to cool Peanut Butter Frosting1. Whip all the ingredients together until smoothAssembly1. Cut the cake in half two create to circles and icing the top of one and and then sandwich with the other half2. Cover the cake evenly with the remaining frosting3. Optional- if you want to make it lawn ball themed too, I used prepared tubed icing to draw on the lawn balls and writing